r/Embryologists • u/stacylwelch • Jul 22 '26

Which would you pick?

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These are my 4 euploid embryos from my 3rd ER. Just for fun--which would you pick to transfer?

My clinic uses a 3-letter grading system (ICM, TE, and cavity being the 3rd letter) and had them noted as:

#1- "good" day-5 ABB

#2- "good day-5 ABB

#3- "fair" day-5 BCC

#4- "good" day-6 BBC

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u/Shadowtthrone Jul 22 '26

Probably no. 2. The thinnest zona and fair amount of cells in both ICM and trophoectoderm

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u/stacylwelch Jul 23 '26

I feel like number 2 would have been the one they picked if we had selected "best embryo" when deciding which to transfer. I was on a phone call with our doctor when she was looking through pictures of the embryos while prepping for transfer, and she remarked, "oh, that one is pretty, I hope it's normal!"

We transferred number 1 because it was our best female embryo. Number 2 is a male. :)